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Minimalist Horror

Posted: 2nd October 2022 8:07pm
Edited: 2nd October 2022 10:02pm - edited 2 times
poet Anonymous

Poetry Contest

Write the most atmospheric terror you can in 25 words.

To honour the start of spooky season, I present a challenge — I would like you to write the scariest poem that you can in no more than 25 words.

I am looking for atmosphere, terror, and fear…. Think about it a little.

Rules

• New writes only
• No erotica
• Up to 3 entries per human being
• No pictures / visual poems / audio / video.  The provocation of the words should stand on their own without visual enhancements.
• No more than 25 words. Title doesn’t count as part of the word count. Poems can be less than 25 words, but not more than.
• Comp judged by host
•2 weeks

Posted: 4th October 2022 7:47pm
poet Anonymous
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Posted: 4th October 2022 8:35pm
poet Anonymous
Cheers for the 1st entry, Vits. Spooktacular 👻

Posted: 5th October 2022 00:06am
Strangeways_Rob
Strangeways_Rob
Fire of Insight
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"No Dad, I Won't be Coming Home"

"No Dad, I Won't be Coming Home"
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Posted: 5th October 2022 00:09am
poet Anonymous
Hey Rob… thanks for your entry, however the guidelines state no visual poems on this occasion, so I can’t allow it… soz mate. 😕

Posted: 5th October 2022 00:16am
Strangeways_Rob
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Oops. Would help if I had read. My bad.

"No Dad, I Won't be Coming Home."

She screwed her eyes into the corners
Of the empty nursery,
Recalling the rag doll  &
Silver pair of scissors.

Posted: 6th October 2022 7:54am
poet Anonymous
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Posted: 6th October 2022 5:18pm
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Posted: 6th October 2022 5:19pm
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Posted: 6th October 2022 6:24pm
Jordan
Jordan
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Related submission no longer exists.
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/462870-death-and-silence-all-powerful/

Posted: 7th October 2022 00:51am
MadameLavender
MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
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"23 And Me"

Non-healthcare company,
not subject to privacy laws....

Your world is in their hands

Buy, sell, trade....create....

(did you send your DNA to them?)
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Posted: 7th October 2022 1:38am
MadameLavender
MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
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The Zoltar Machine

Beachside arcade
 
**seagulls, cackle**
 
Lights , buzzers--winner!
 
Zoltar waits, quietly
(salt-bleached wood floors)
 
"25 cents, please!"

Fortune scroll from chute,
completly wordless ....
 
**seagulls, cackle**
Written by MadameLavender
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Posted: 7th October 2022 4:57pm
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Posted: 9th October 2022 2:41am
Sybil_StarWitch
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Sybille Anne Martin
Lost Thinker
United States
Joined 13th July 2022
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No Way Home

The mists,
Closing in about...
The woods darkly kissed!
Deepening doubt...
Claws slashing!
Flaying flesh from bone.
Tendrils lashing,
And no way home.
Reality crashing!
Written by Sybil_StarWitch (Sybille Anne Martin)
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Posted: 9th October 2022 4:42pm
Edited: 10th October 2022 4:29am
wallyroo92
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Tyrant of Words
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Arachnid Fantasy

In the coffin
In the dark
Still alive

Hundreds of tiny hairy legs
Crawling all over every single inch of your skin
Looking to nest…

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